April 4, 2011

DIY Barbie House

Hey ladies, hope your week is going great so far! Today I wanted to share the DIY doll house the hubs made our little princess. This barbie house gets SO much use. She plays with it all the time, it made all the hours making it pure heaven to see her enjoy it. Even her brothers have used it much to her protest! Some where along the lines they decided its cool for cars to roll off the second story and the decks. It's funny to see how different they place with it, I love it!

It started out from a tree from my in laws property. They have 26 acres. The tree was cut down, dried, and ran through a saw mill they have. Then I got busy figuring out a fun layout, and the hubs started out on the build.

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This was the frame

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Then he added roof shingles that were left over from when we had to redo our roof forever ago. Its nice to use what you already have. Plus, it helped it look like more authentic.

This part of adding the siding piece by piece was definitely the longest! I know he thought at one point he was never going to finish this part, but it was ohhh so worth it!

My friend told me about a small family owned carpet store that would give you free carpet squares they didn't need. So off I went. We ended up with such varied colors but she loves it.

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﻿﻿﻿It's hard to tell from the picture but its about 5 feet tall.

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The hubs even made stairs leading from the garage to the house, cause that will totally make life easier for Barbie to get in the house when she has on those high heels of hers!

Are you on picture over load yet?

So that's our DIY barbie house. It hardly cost a thing, which makes it even more fun. We used our in laws amazing wood from their property, (thank you, guys!!) got free carpet squares and only had to buy a bit of paint.

I must admit the boys aren't the only ones that sneak and play with it. (wink wink)

Post Script: We have had lots of request for the plans for the Barbie House. We didnt use any specific "plans" to make it. We really based the room size around the carpet squares we got. But here are the measurments of the house. Hope this helps some. We would love to see pictures if any of you make one. You can use the email address listed at the top of our blog!

Happy Building!

Here's the measurements:

The outer shell of the house it self; 38w x20d x 60h
The room sizes are; 19w x 20d x 15h
The top two decks are 12w x 20d
The bottom deck my daughter uses as a garage because Barbie has to have a garage, right :) That measures 13w x 20d x 15h

Deanna, Thanks for your comments! :) I would be happy to post those dimensions, I will get those from my hubby this week and post them. Email me and I can give you more specifics and details if you'd like. :)

That is so FUN! I love it, that would be such a rewarding DIY project!! Im amazed with you and your hubby's skill!! Thanks so much for linking up to Try it Tuesday at DotDotDot! I will be featuring this today!! Have a happy Monday!Tasha

the picture of your siding just made my life 500% easier. now i have a picture to show the husband of the type of siding i need for the barbie house re-do for our daughter. i was starting to get a headache. thank you so much.

The picture of your siding just made my life 500% easier. Now I have a picture to show my husband of what i wanted for our barbie house re-do for our daughter. you have saved me from a huge headache. i was starting to go crazy. (fist pump)

My wife and I loved the house so much that we tried to build one for our 3 y/o granddaughter for her birthday recently. I don't know if you are still monitoring this thread, but we'd love to share some of the pics with you to show you how your work made a little girl very happy.

My wife and I loved the house so much that we tried to build one for our 3 y/o granddaughter's birthday recently. We would love to share some pics of it with you guys to show you how you inspired our project and made a little girl very happy.

Don, My husband and I would LOVE to see your finished project of the Barbie house you made for your granddaughters birthday!! I bet she will have many fond memories growing up playing with it! What a specail gift!! Way to go!! I can't wait to see it. On the top of our blog is a tab labeled email-you can send those pictures to the email listed. Can't wait to see them!!

Angelica, What a fun Christmas gift! We didn't use any specific plans for the Barbie house. We really just built it around the free carpet squares we got. The dimensions of the rooms are listed on the post. I hope that helps some. I would love to see what you all build when your done!! Happy Building and Crafting!! Thanks for visiting!

Hi, thanks for the reply, here (South Africa) wood is cheap, a dollhouse is a fortune. So I'm taking the obvious route in building one. With the help of your pics and dimensions I should come right, will post some pics when I'm done. ;)

I also built a house for my granddaughter. That was the most fun I've had creating anything. I tried to make it as real as possible. You can get so much stuff online such as, wallpaper, flooring, pictures to frame, food. I wish I could post pics but I'm not sure how to do it. Everyone should at least try to build one.

Didn't see your address, I love yours, its going to be the layout ill copy. I was gna buy a 140 barbie dream house its the theme of her 6th bday. I live in relatives old house and there's is wood paint fabric everysupply needed we decided were making one for no money but hrs in backyard. I found this site on Google search and I'm using this exact plan thank you. I will make mid deck a bedroom though. If I see email ill send finish result

Your house is great! I was planning on making a house for my daughters 6th birthday and came across yours on pintrest. Can you please tell me what you used for siding on the outside of the house. I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to wood and I've been trying to figure it out on my own. But no success. I would really appreciate it.